Tag: Nuggets
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Do Avalanche or Nuggets have tougher road to NHL, NBA championship? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: Do the Avalanche or Nuggets have a tougher road to Stanley Cup, NBA Finals championship? Paul Klee, sports editor Answer: Nuggets When the Avalanche and Nuggets both are championship-or-bust, that’s a great question to ask. These sure are salad days for Denver Sports Fan. But in the time it took to type this, Spurs…
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Nuggets, Christian Braun agree to $125M contract extension
It took until the final hours, but Christian Braun and the Nuggets agreed to a big contract extension Monday. Braun and the franchise that selected the wing with the 21st pick of the 2022 draft agreed to a five-year extension worth $125 million. There reportedly are no team or player options as part of the…
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Denver Pioneers’ Harry Hollines selected for Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026 | Colorado Sunshine
Where good news shines Harry Hollines is going into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. An All-American basketball player for the Denver Pioneers in 1967 and 1968, Hollines was selected on Wednesday for the Class of 2026, the school said. A Denver native and star Manual High, Hollines holds DU program records for scoring average (25.1…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Only knuckleheads got mad when Cale Makar wore L.A. Rams jersey to NFL game
The Avalanche wearing Rams jerseys was the most overblown thing ever! Those guys don’t care about any NFL team. They were just there in Los Angeles to hang out at a Rams game on the owner’s dime. – M.L., not a knucklehead Kiz: When Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and the Avs showed up Thursday at SoFi…
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Mark Kiszla: Say hello to Nikola Jokic’s ‘little’ friend and big reason to believe in Nuggets’ championship vibe
Goodbye, chaos. Hello, championship? With heads no longer stuck in their … feelings, the Nuggets again have their eyes on the prize. “Trying to win another championship,” guard Jamal Murray said. That’s a refreshing change from a Denver team that wasted too much of last season just trying to get to tomorrow, while hating how…
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Two decades after difficult Nuggets stint, Nikoloz Tskitishvili is 42 and still playing in native Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia — When Nikoloz Tskitishvili tools around Tbilisi in his 2018 Ford Raptor, everyone seems to know who he is. Those in doubt can check out his license plate. Yes, they do have vanity plates in the Republic of Georgia. The one on Tskitishvili’s truck reads “TS-222-KI.” The letters are for his name and…
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The ‘Beast’ awaits Nuggets in a love-to-hate-’em blood feud with T-Wolves | Mark Kiszla
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The Nuggets’ road to a repeat has morphed into a high-wire act led by a hero hobbling on one leg. While this might be a weird way to go about building an NBA dynasty, it’s certainly wild and crazy fun — provided, of course, that your heart can stand the danger. Late Monday night, after…
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Hunter Tyson hoping lob lesson is the first of many from rookie season with Denver Nuggets
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Hunter Tyson has successfully applied one lesson learned. The Nuggets’ rookie is hopeful there are many more. “I’m just trying to get adjusted, trying to sponge up as much as I can from all these guys,” Tyson said at Sunday’s practice after his first training camp. “I’m just trying to take as much as I…
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Peyton Watson out to realize potential, prove believers right in second season with Denver Nuggets
Peyton Watson has an impressive list of believers he’s looking to prove right in his second season with the Denver Nuggets Growing up as an elite prospect in Los Angeles, there was plenty of exposure to pros, especially in the summer. Kevin Durant and Paul George were some of the first big names to express…